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91 NPV: 358 when armed with SS-K-31 type missiles; 352 with other missile types Classification: Fleet Frigate (F) Crew: 54; 8 Officers, 46 Enlisted, plus 25 troops Crew Factor: 5 Hull Integrity: 20 (5/5/5/5) Armor: 5 Main Drive Thrust: 4 (9.1 TW) Drive Auto-Detection Range: 4.024 AU ∆V (Combat): 30.201 km/sec ∆V (Cruise): 604.011 km/sec Thrust Points: 60 (1275 tons propellant) Propellant Tanks: 2 Thrust Points per Tank: 30 FTL: Yes (Short Jump - 3.3 parsec range) Auxiliary Systems: 1-MASS Cargo Hold; 4-MASS Hangar Bay; 2-MASS Troop Bay; 1x Enhanced Sensors; Level-I Hull Stealthing; 0.6 G Spin Habitat for 79 Combat Systems: 2x Fire Control Weapons: 2x Point Defense Battery; 2x Class-I Battery (All Arcs); 1x Class-2 Battery (FP/F/FS); 1x Class-2 Battery (F/FS/AS); 1x Class-2 Battery (F/FP/AP); 2x Light Antiship Missile |
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Konstantin
Olshansky is a modern
multirole frigate of the Russian Space
Force (VKS). The Russians, while merely a regional power on
Earth, have always maintained a strong foothold in space, and as
stardrive technology propagated out from under the United States’ hands
when the SSTE corporation’s exclusive arrangements with them expired in
2125, the VKS and its civilian RKA counterpart quickly seized the
initiative with manned and robotic exploration of interstellar
space. Russian offworld colonies became the new frontier much
like Siberia had been in the 19th and 20th centuries, and millions
immigrated to new worlds. This new frontier required a constant stream of colonists and supplies moving out from Earth, and in return the riches of alien worlds propped up Russia’s flagging economy and status in world affairs. Manchuria, which had fought several wars with Russia over the Russian Far East territories, began arming and equipping privateer starships to prey upon Russian merchant shipping in an attempt to squeeze their old enemies to economic death, and the VKS responded with pirate hunters and escorts. The undeclared Commerce War ran for over two centuries without resolution before Manchuria became entangled with the Western Alliance and had to devote its energies elsewhere. The Konstantin Olshansky Class is a reflection of how Russia’s economy depends on commerce from the stars, and how other nations seek to deprive them of that commerce. It is a heavily armed vessel with the displacement nearly that of a light cruiser, robust in hull and armor, and carrying a platoon of powered armor equipped VKS Marines and their landers for immediate dispatch to trouble spots. The success of the Konstantin Olshansky design led to the Manchurians building the similar concept Jiangwei light cruiser. Konstantin Olshansky class ships are the mainstay of the VKS, and have been sold to Ukraine and India, as well as constructed under license by both countries and for private corporate ownership with a diminshed electronics suite and no hull stealthing. Gazprom Interstellar and Ceres Metals corporations were allowed to bring one down-rated frigate each through the stargate for their security forces by replacing the Class-2 batteries with Class-1 mounts and decommissioning the racks for the powerful SS-K-31 Vampyr antiship missiles. It is not known if both frigates are still in this condition, as it would require little effort to replace the downrated weapon systems with original equipment. Ships of the class
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